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Couple Charged With Beating Boy to Death Over 3-Day Period

Authorities in Chester County have charged a man and his girlfriend with beating the woman’s three-year-old son to death. Police say the couple tortured the […]

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Cops: Man Steals Tip Jar, Then Tries to Rob Another Store

Philadelphia Police have released video of multiple attempted robberies that took place just 10 minutes apart in Far Northeast Philadelphia late last month. The man […]

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WATCH: Charles Ramsey on Anderson Cooper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW86MQvU24Y Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey appeared on AC 360, Anderson Cooper’s CNN show, Wednesday to discuss the rescue of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. Freeland-Gaither was abducted on […]

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Germantown Kidnapping Suspect Has Prior Convictions for False Imprisonment, Assault

Delvin Barnes, who was arrested early Wednesday evening in Jessup, Maryland, for the alleged abduction of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither in Germantown on November 2nd, has an […]

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[UPDATE] Carlesha Freeland-Gaither Found Alive

Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is alive. The 22-year-old Germantown woman — whose weekend kidnapping was caught on camera — was found in Maryland earlier this evening. A […]

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Philadelphia Man Accused of Beating Dogs With Bricks

A Philadelphia man is accused of beating his neighbor’s dogs with bricks this summer, leaving them bloodied on a Tioga street. Willie Enoch is facing […]

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Kaboni Savage Soldier Gets 40 Years in Firebombing

Lamont Lewis, a soldier of former drug kingpin Kaboni Savage, was sentenced to 40 years for his role in the firebombing of a house of […]

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Interview: Jim MacMillan of GunCrisis.org

GunCrisis.org announced this week it is “curtailing” its operations due to funding shortfall. While the curtailed site will still offer the occasional reports and analysis, […]

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Ex-Philadelphia Cop Facing Federal Extortion Charges

A former Philadelphia police officer is accused of robbing drug dealers of money and drugs, then splitting the proceeds with his co-conspirators. Federal prosecutors say […]

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New Video of Person of Interest in Germantown Kidnapping

Philadelphia police and the FBI have released another new video of a person of interest in the kidnapping of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, the 22-year-old woman abducted […]

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Teen Attackers Shouted Homophobic Slurs, Referenced “The Purge”

Two women say they were beaten up by a mob of up to 15 teenagers after they were spotted walking arm-in-arm. The two women, Jessica […]

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Joan Orie Melvin Must Try Apology Again

Remember when we said that former Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s court-ordered apology for her conviction — on charges she illegally used state workers for her […]

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Police Release Photos of Man Using Germantown Kidnapping Victim’s ATM Card

On Tuesday morning, it was reported that the ATM card belonging to Philadelphia kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was used in Maryland. Now, the Philadelphia Police […]

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Search Continues for Germantown Kidnapping Victim

[Update, 1:30 p.m.] 6 ABC is reporting that the ATM card of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither has been used in Maryland. The station also reports that the reward […]

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GunCrisis.org “Curtailing” Operations

GunCrisis.org, the website that documented every shooting and murder in the city for more than two years, announced today it is “curtailing” operations due to […]